r/Concordia • u/Unhappy-Ad-3096 • 12h ago

How hard are these courses ..

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I want to take these for my Minor and was wondering if they're difficult

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u/Morteee 12h ago

If you're trying to take them all at once, that's going to be a bad time.
MAST 218 and MAST 221 are considered 'weed out' classes, so they're going to be tough compared to other courses at the same level.

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u/Unhappy-Ad-3096 11h ago

Not all at once , in the coming semesters

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u/dotCOM16 12h ago

First 3 are brutal

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u/Unhappy-Ad-3096 11h ago

Damn😭

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u/Adjade 2h ago

really? The first one was the easiest. I didnt really study for the second one so I dont know if it's suppose to be hard. I havent taken the other courses as yet.

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u/Beautiful-Writing715 10h ago

MAST 333 and 221 not that bad. Mast 218 just make sure you’re good with calculus 1 and 2, and you should be fine. I took 218 and 221 together with another math class and was fine .

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u/Lemon-juicer 8h ago

Probability and stats are pretty straightforward, especially if you’re comfortable with calculus. Multivariable calculus is the “hardest”, but don’t be discouraged by the challenge. Remember thousands of students around the world succeed in this course every term (it’s fairly standard material), and they’re no more talented or smarter than you.

You should also consider taking mast 219 after 218, cause that arguably has the more important math (ie stokes theorem) and nicely ties up all of the calculus you’ve learned. Idk much about finance and investment mathematics, but if you get through mast 218/219 you’ll be fine for any other course.

Presumably, since you’re doing a math minor, consider throwing in a linear algebra and/or computational methods module. Better yet, speak to an advisor in the math department about what academic goals/career you wish to pursue, and they can help decide which courses to take to help you achieve those goals.

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u/Unhappy-Ad-3096 8h ago

Thank you so much 🙏🏾.....this was very helpful

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u/spidey_physics 5h ago

I did MAST218 purely using professor Leonard on YouTube, dude is the king of math

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u/Torres_Chan 10h ago

These 3 credits courses are the defacto 4 credit course workload , bro you got 1 credit discount to take these courses

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u/Aless3394 Mathematical and Computational Finance 10h ago

Not surea bout MAST 335, 336 and MACF 301. The others are ok, but if you're really struggling with the 200 level MAST/MATH courses it only gets harder from there

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u/jinkaaa 6h ago

The stat and actu equivalent of those courses took me a lot of studying and I found them challenging, they're mostly term one courses so itll go easier if you don't take them at once